Body : Black & White Ebony x Ziricote Body Size: Tenor Wide Type Neck: Honduras Mahogany Head Plate: Ebony Finger Bord : Ebony Bridge: Ebony Binding : Black Celluloid Purfling: Avalon Rosette: Avalon & Ziricote (off set ) Position Mark : Avalon Head Inlay: SEILEN Shell Logo & Deer Antlers Finish : Semi-Gross Urethane Peg: Gotoh 510 UK Seilen Original Strings: Savarez Tenor Scale : Tenor432mm
Seilen is a ukulele workshop run by Shinji Takahashi in the Tateshina Central Plateau in Chino City, Nagano Prefecture.
Takahashi began his career in 1980 at an electric guitar manufacturing company, and became independent at the age of 23. In 2006, he won the Grand Prize at an exhibition hosted by the Ukulele Guild of Hawaii, and has also received high praise at the NAMM Show and other events.
He is known for carefully crafting instruments using carefully selected wood from around the world, combining his sensibility, technique and experience, and personally managing every process. He has earned the trust of both Japan and overseas as one of Japan's leading ukulele makers.
